Athens: Greece officially opens its New Acropolis Museum today after years of delays, rekindling its campaign to have the British Museum return its collection of fifth-century BC artworks taken from the Parthenon temple. President Karolos Papoulias, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis and European Commission President Jose Barroso will speak at the opening, details of which continue to be a closely guarded secret. Turkish Prime Minister Recep...
Greek Journalist Gunned Down in Athens
The New York Times
The New York Times
Filed at 4:03 a.m. ET ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Authorities say a Greek journalist has been gunned down outside his home in Athens. Thirty-seven-year-old Sokratis Giolias died after being shot more than 15 times in the...
Greek journalist killed near Athens: Police
Zeenews
Zeenews
Athens: Gunmen shot and killed a Greek journalist early Monday in front of his home near Athens, before fleeing in a car, police said. At least three unknown assailants fired at the journalist, Socratis Guiolas, around...
Runners to recreate historic Greek feat
Gulf News
Gulf News
Athens: Exactly two and a half millennia after the Battle of Marathon, an event widely acknowledged to have ensured the democratic legacy of Western culture, two veteran Greek distance runners will aim to bring to...
Greece: Journalist Is Shot Dead; Police Suspect Leftist Guerrillas
The New York Times
The New York Times
A Greek reporter was shot dead on Monday by leftist urban guerrillas outside his home in an Athens suburb, the first murder of a journalist in Greece in more than 20 years, the police said. The reporter, Sokratis...


